Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 20:04:20 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: "Zaitsau, Andrei" <AZaitsau@panasonicfa.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sed & awk help...?! Message-ID: <14977.65188.714090.78124@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <24449540@toto.iv>
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Well, on first reading, I thought you just wanted this:
awk '$1 == $2 { print $1, $3 } ' <infile >outfile
However, on the second reading, I'm not sure that's what your asking
for. Could you provide the correct output for the sample input you've
got?
<mike
Zaitsau, Andrei <AZaitsau@panasonicfa.com> types:
> Hello Everyone,
> I have small work related problem.
> Can someone help me with that? It's more UNIX question.
>
> Please CC me as I am not subscribed to a list.
>
> Here The Problem.
> I have a file. And there is 3 tables in it.
>
> 1 12 ac
> 3 4 ab
> 5 6 ac
> 7 8 ac
> 9 1 ab
> 2 13 ab
> 4 5 ac
> 6 7 ab
> 8 9 ab
>
> The thing I need is to do some sorting.
> I guess it could be done with 'awk' or 'sed' utilities.
>
> Okay program looking at the first value of the first table and compare it to
> the value in the second table. If it finds a match on the second table it
> outputs to other file matching value plus corresponding value from the 3rd
> table (just look at it as 2nd and 3rd tables are hard linked).
>
> example: program is looking at value '1' in the 1st table, finds exact value
> in the second table and outputs this value and corresponding letters 'ab' to
> a separate file (other way to see it 2nd and 3rd table are hard linked)
> second step it checks value '3' from the first table and it does not find it
> in 2nd table, so it skips the record. And does not output anything
> Next, 5 in first table matches 5 in 2nd table so it outputs '5 ac' in the
> file (2nd and 3rd tables are hardlinked)
>
> I am not sure if I explaining it clearly enough, but I hope someone got the
> idea.
> Please help me how to do it, I loose my sleep for 3 days already...
> Thanks.
>
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